Stefan Zima

Stefan took his first steps at Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) in 2011 as a working student in the IT Delivery Risk area. Over the following years, he worked as an IT Consultant within the company and outside as a strategy and management consultant in the financial world for Capco and Leonid Consult. Additionally, he served as a Group Program Manager for various topics such as bank regulations, big data, and analytics.

In recent years, he led the Data Tribe in the Group Data Management area, tasked with establishing modern data management in agile environments. Since July 2022, Stefan has been part of the RBI IT Management Team for IT Core and Data, leading cross-functional strategic Data Transformation, with focus on Data Mesh implementation, as part of IT Strategy & Transformation. Last year he took over the implementation of a new compliance and second line of defense function for prudential compliance and heads the new department including deputizing the Group Regulatory Compliance Officer of RBI.